What is this strange object in space? ( Archived) (100)

Apr 24, 2014 4:11 PM CSTWhat is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape, South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts

What is this strange object in space?(Vote Below)

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An Alien Space Craft
10
38%
An American Spy Satellite
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8%
A Russain Spy Satelite
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12%
An Old Derelict Satellite
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19%
A Thermal Blanket Lost From The Space Station
2
8%
A Seat Lost Fom The Space Station
0
0%
A Hoax. It Does Not Exist
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4%
Other. (Please Specify)
3
12%
Total Votes
26
There is a unknown object in a polar orbit around the earth, first photographed in 1960 when polar orbits was not possible yet and when it was impossible to put an object of that size into space. It is said to have a mass of about 15 tonnes.

NASA's explanations are not very convincing.
First it was thought to be a Russian Satellite.
Then it was a fragment of a derelict Satellite.
Next it was one of their own.
Then it was an unidentified piece of space junk.
Then it was a thermal blanket lost from the Space Station.
And the latest story is that it a a seat lost from the Space Station.

Why do they change their story all the time.

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Apr 24, 2014 4:21 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
stringman
stringmanstringmanwallaceburg, Ontario Canada649 Threads 1 Polls 7,049 Posts
could be space junk or time will tell. what goes up must come down in time.dunno
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Apr 24, 2014 4:21 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
Hi 2girls,
Then would that be the Batmobile? He does not look like batman... ok, ok, he must be Robin then.rolling on the floor laughing
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Apr 24, 2014 4:23 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
stringman: could be space junk or time will tell. what goes up must come down in time.


Hmm, sure thing. If it went up from here in the first place.confused
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Apr 24, 2014 4:24 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Ccincy
CcincyCcincyCincinnati, Ohio USA77 Threads 20,535 Posts
Maybe it's Monica Lewinsky wearing her black dress.laugh
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Apr 24, 2014 4:26 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
2girlsnocup
2girlsnocup2girlsnocupunknown, Greater London, England UK28 Threads 1 Polls 2,621 Posts
Catfoot: Hi 2girls,
Then would that be the Batmobile? He does not look like batman... ok, ok, he must be Robin then.


Hi Cat. Apologies for the joking reply. It's not Robin either, but Robinski


I'd say at a rough guess it's just a bit of debris from something mankind sent up. There's enough trash floating around up there, it's inevitable that one day a bit of it would be caught on film.
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Apr 24, 2014 4:29 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
Ccincy: Maybe it's Monica Lewinsky wearing her black dress.

laugh laugh

I suppose she could have been blasted off into space in stead of being fired.
laugh doh
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Apr 24, 2014 4:34 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
skippyguy
skippyguyskippyguyAshburton, Canterbury New Zealand26 Threads 3,825 Posts
Ccincy: Maybe it's Monica Lewinsky wearing her black dress.


laugh ....Maybe !...Well Undiscovered Country (star trek) did
have a probe, that made contact with humpback whales, that were deemed ..*alien* ?...confused professor , maybe one that got lost from the herd laugh
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Apr 24, 2014 4:35 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
2girlsnocup: Hi Cat. Apologies for the joking reply. It's not Robin either, but Robinski. I'd say at a rough guess it's just a bit of debris from something mankind sent up. There's enough trash floating around up there, it's inevitable that one day a bit of it would be caught on film.


A good probability for that but...

Very little (if any) space junk in 1960 when it was first discovered and photographed later that same year. This was not even 3 full years after the Russians launched the first satellite into orbit.
confused dunno
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Apr 24, 2014 4:39 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
skippyguy: ....Maybe !...Well Undiscovered Country (star trek) did
have a probe, that made contact with humpback whales, that were deemed ..*alien* ?... , maybe one that got lost from the herd


They must have had a whale of a time weighing those whales at the whale weigh station.
laugh
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Apr 24, 2014 4:42 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
skippyguy
skippyguyskippyguyAshburton, Canterbury New Zealand26 Threads 3,825 Posts
Catfoot: They must have had a whale of a time weighing those whales at the whale weigh station.


haha thumbs up The fumes are a killer !
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Apr 24, 2014 4:43 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
stringman
stringmanstringmanwallaceburg, Ontario Canada649 Threads 1 Polls 7,049 Posts
maybe north Korea sent something up.
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Apr 24, 2014 4:48 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
2girlsnocup
2girlsnocup2girlsnocupunknown, Greater London, England UK28 Threads 1 Polls 2,621 Posts
Catfoot: A good probability for that but...

Very little (if any) space junk in 1960 when it was first discovered and photographed later that same year. This was not even 3 full years after the Russians launched the first satellite into orbit.


It shadowed Sputnik, didn't it?

We may never truly know what it is, but if it's been up there for 50 years or more, then it's obviously not harming us.
Something said it 'broadcast' radio waves from the 30's, so it's been there for a while.
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Apr 24, 2014 4:49 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Ccincy
CcincyCcincyCincinnati, Ohio USA77 Threads 20,535 Posts
skippyguy: ....Maybe !...Well Undiscovered Country (star trek) did
have a probe, that made contact with humpback whales, that were deemed ..*alien* ?... , maybe one that got lost from the herd





laugh Humpback whales, well they are a day late for humpday.



Maybe it's Hillary Clinton wearing Monica's black dress.laugh
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Apr 24, 2014 4:55 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
skippyguy
skippyguyskippyguyAshburton, Canterbury New Zealand26 Threads 3,825 Posts
Ccincy: Humpback whales, well they are a day late for humpday.
Maybe it's Hillary Clinton wearing Monica's black dress.

You know the old saying ! it's better late than never...Tell that to Bill Clinton...laugh
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Apr 24, 2014 4:57 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
skippyguy
skippyguyskippyguyAshburton, Canterbury New Zealand26 Threads 3,825 Posts
2girlsnocup: It shadowed Sputnik, didn't it?

We may never truly know what it is, but if it's been up there for 50 years or more, then it's obviously not harming us.
Something said it 'broadcast' radio waves from the 30's, so it's been there for a while.


Indeed, thumbs up sometimes you get too worked up on something, thats been bouncing around for eons....wine
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Apr 24, 2014 5:05 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
skippyguy: haha The fumes are a killer !


That was when they genetically engineered us so we can breath through our mouths as well.
laugh laugh
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Apr 24, 2014 5:08 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
stringman: maybe north Korea sent something up.


In 1960? May the Chinese slipped something into space while the Americans and Russiabs were watching each other.
grin dunno doh
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Apr 24, 2014 5:13 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
2girlsnocup: It shadowed Sputnik, didn't it?

We may never truly know what it is, but if it's been up there for 50 years or more, then it's obviously not harming us.
Something said it 'broadcast' radio waves from the 30's, so it's been there for a while.


Yest it did but in 1899 Nikola Tesla reported that he had picked up a signal unlike any anything before. He concluded that the regular signals must have come from an intelligent outside source. Today some people believe that he was listening to a message from the Black Knight.

Such Signals was picked up in 1953 by the Americans as well.
dunno confused
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Apr 24, 2014 5:16 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
Ccincy: Humpback whales, well they are a day late for humpday.
Maybe it's Hillary Clinton wearing Monica's black dress.


True, the American economy was not very good at the time.laugh

I wonder what else she took off poor Monica? rolling on the floor laughing
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Apr 24, 2014 5:18 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
skippyguy: You know the old saying ! it's better late than never...Tell that to Bill Clinton...


My father taught me Better never late.
grin doh
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Apr 24, 2014 5:19 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot: What is this strange object in space?

Doesn't exist.
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Apr 24, 2014 5:21 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
If I had to guess catfoot, granted this would be a guess. My logical thought would be maybe something from the early years of the space race with the Russians. Back in the day when we could not monitor everything that moves on the planet. It is no secret that the Russians were very successful at killing cosmonauts and getting it half right back then. It very well could e a piece of one of their failed missions. It's not like they were ones to advertise their failures to the world or even be honest when things did go wrong.
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Apr 24, 2014 5:24 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
MADDOG69: Doesn't exist.


Also possible. With all the 'facts' on Internet propagating the 'truth' one can never be sure what is fact and what is fiction.

Apparently the Americans dubbed it the Black Knight but I find nothing about it on the NASA site.
dunno grin doh
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Apr 24, 2014 5:29 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
fishinandshootin: If I had to guess catfoot, granted this would be a guess. My logical thought would be maybe something from the early years of the space race with the Russians. Back in the day when we could not monitor everything that moves on the planet. It is no secret that the Russians were very successful at killing cosmonauts and getting it half right back then. It very well could e a piece of one of their failed missions. It's not like they were ones to advertise their failures to the world or even be honest when things did go wrong.


The problem is that this thing moved three times faster than anything else and was way to heavy and bulky to be placed in orbit by anybody. The polar orbit was the other mystery. Neither the Americans nor the Russians had mastered that art by 1960.
confused confused confused
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Apr 24, 2014 5:29 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
fishinandshootin: If I had to guess catfoot, granted this would be a guess. My logical thought would be maybe something from the early years of the space race with the Russians. Back in the day when we could not monitor everything that moves on the planet. It is no secret that the Russians were very successful at killing cosmonauts and getting it half right back then. It very well could e a piece of one of their failed missions. It's not like they were ones to advertise their failures to the world or even be honest when things did go wrong.

Sounds like CNN/Fox version of the Russian Space Program. laugh

Meanwhile, when all came out in the wash, 4 Soviet and 13 US (+ 1 Israeli) have been killed during Spaceflight.

A further 8 US Astronaut died during training and a further 3 Soviet Cosmonauts.
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Apr 24, 2014 5:38 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot: The problem is that this thing moved three times faster than anything else and was way to heavy and bulky to be placed in orbit by anybody. The polar orbit was the other mystery. Neither the Americans nor the Russians had mastered that art by 1960.


I suppose that would make my guess incorrect. God only knows what it could really be. But in my mind people will tend to blow up the truth to convince others that it is something more than it is. Just as the governments will make up lies to convince people it isn't what it seems to be.
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Apr 24, 2014 5:39 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
MADDOG69: Sounds like CNN/Fox version of the Russian Space Program.

Meanwhile, when all came out in the wash, 4 Soviet and 13 US (+ 1 Israeli) have been killed during Spaceflight.

A further 8 US Astronaut died during training and a further 3 Soviet Cosmonauts.


So the Americans lead the Soviets by 22-7.
Sounds easy as pi.
laugh rolling on the floor laughing
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Apr 24, 2014 5:39 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
MADDOG69: Sounds like CNN/Fox version of the Russian Space Program.

Meanwhile, when all came out in the wash, 4 Soviet and 13 US (+ 1 Israeli) have been killed during Spaceflight.

A further 8 US Astronaut died during training and a further 3 Soviet Cosmonauts.


Sounds like we Americans are pretty successful at killing our explorers as well.
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Apr 24, 2014 5:42 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
Catfoot
CatfootCatfootAround here, Western Cape South Africa27 Threads 25 Polls 185 Posts
fishinandshootin: I suppose that would make my guess incorrect. God only knows what it could really be. But in my mind people will tend to blow up the truth to convince others that it is something more than it is. Just as the governments will make up lies to convince people it isn't what it seems to be.


But then bear in mind that all this comes from the Internet. While it is unlikely that all those people are liars, it is possible.
dunno confused doh
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Apr 24, 2014 5:42 PM CST What is this strange object in space?
fishinandshootin: Sounds like we Americans are pretty successful at killing our explorers as well.

Nope. Shuttle and Soyuz had about the same kill rate. 2% IIRC. thumbs up
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